# dancryer/PHPCI

PHPCI is a free and open source continuous integration tool specifically designed for PHP.

Repository: https://github.com/dancryer/PHPCI
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/phpci
Language: PHP
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: phpci, php, continuous-integration, looking-for-contributors
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-06-11T11:45:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4863, "days_push": 2274, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2388, forks 423 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:42.743504+00:00)

## What it is
PHPCI is a free, open-source continuous integration server designed specifically for PHP projects, built with simplicity in mind. It clones repositories, installs Composer dependencies, sets up test databases, and runs configurable plugin-based build checks.

## Use cases
- set up a simple CI server for a PHP project
- run automated tests on every GitHub or Bitbucket push
- self-hosted alternative to Jenkins for PHP
- install composer dependencies and run linting in CI
- run phpunit builds with a test database
- continuous integration for small PHP teams

## When to choose
- you maintain PHP projects and want a lightweight, easy-to-configure CI server
- you find Jenkins too heavy and need simple clone-build-test pipelines
- you want a self-hosted CI tool with plugin-based checks

## When to avoid
- you need multi-PHP-version or virtualized testing
- you need built-in deployment pipelines
- you need an actively maintained tool - the last release was 2020 and it seeks contributors
- your stack is not primarily PHP

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ci-cd, testing, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, testing, web-development
- platform: php, self-hosted
- tags: continuous-integration, php-ci, self-hosted-ci, jenkins-alternative, composer, automation, web-server, linux

## Member repositories
- dancryer/PHPCI (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:42.743504+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:34:33.089586+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dancryer/PHPCI (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:42.743504+00:00, sha 3794dbe5a78c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.